celerity (seleriti)

[F. célérité = Pr. cele rit at = Sp. celeridad = Pg. celeridade = It. cele rità, No le celerity than that of thought. Shak ., Hen. V., iii. (cho.). When things are once come to the execution, there is no secrecy comparable to celerity. Bacon, Delays. The bigne , the density, and the celerity of the body moved. Sir K. Digby . The tidings were borne with the usual celerity of evil Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., i. 3. =Syn. Velocity , Swiftne , etc. See quickne . news. Hercules is celebrable for his hard travaile. Chaucer. celebrant (sel'e-brant), n. [= F. célébrant = Sp. Pg. It. celebrante , celebran ( t- ) s , ppr. of celeb rare: see celebrate .] One who celebrates; celebrator, n. See celeb rater . specifically, in the Roman and Anglican celebrioust (se-leb'ri-us), a . [L. celebris , celechurches, the chief officiating priest in offering brated, + -ous .] Famous; renowned. Strype, ma or celebrating the eucharist, as distincelebriouslyt (se-leb' guished from his a istants. celebrate (sel'e-brāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. cele brated, ppr. celebrating. [L. celeb ratus, pp. of celeb rare (> F. célébrer = Pr. Sp. Pg. celebrar = It. celeb rare ), frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise, IMG:content-3345.png:[blocks in formation] The Songs of Sion were psalms and pieces of poetry that celebrated the Supreme Being. Add is on, Spectator, No. 405. To celebrate the golden prime Of good Haroun Alraschid. Tennyson , Arabian Nights. The reproach so often brought against the literature of cla ic times, that the great poets of Greece and Rome never celebrate the praises of natural scenery, does not lie at the door of the Persian bards. N. A. Rev. , CXL. 330. 2. To commemorate or honor with demonstrations of joy, sorrow, respect, etc.: as, to cele brate a birthday or other anniversary; to cele brate a victory. From even unto even shall ye celebrate your sabbath. Lev. xxiii. 32. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated , The bird of dawning singeth all night long. IMG:content-3346.png:[blocks in formation] (sē-leb'ri-us-li), adv . With praise or renown. [Rare.] celebriousne t (sē-leb'ri-us-nes), n. Fame; renown. [Rare.] celebrity (se-leb'ri-ti), n.; pl. celebrities (-tiz), [= F. célébrité = Pr. celeb rit at = Sp. celebridad = Pg. celebridade = It. celebrità, L. celebri ta (t-)s, a multitude, fame, renown, Homer or of the Iliad. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell, Egypt has lost the celebrity which it enjoyed in ancient times for its fine linen. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 3. 2. A celebrated person or (very rarely) thing: as, a celebrity at the bar or in the church; what are the celebrities of this town-3t. Celebra- tion. The manner of her receiving, and the celebrity of the marriage, were performed with great magnificence. Bacon . celeb roust (sel'ē-brus), a . [L. celeber , celebrated, + -ous ; cf. F. célèbre = Sp. célebre = Pg. It. celebre .] Celebrated. celemin (Sp. pron. thel-ā-mēn'), n. [Sp., = Pg. celamim, selamim.] 1. Same as almud.-2. A Spanish measure of land, equal to 48 square estadals, or about one eighth of an acre. celeomorph (sel'ē-ō-môrf), n. A celeomorphic bird, as a woodpecker.